PHY 201: Course Calendar

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Sept. 2 Syllabus
Binary numbers (lecture)
Binary numbers (lab)
Running a C/C++ program in Visual Studio
Homework 1: Read and summarize Chapter 1 from The Pattern on the Stone
Sept. 9 Truth Tables and Ohm's Law (lecture)
Truth Tables and Ohm's Law (lab)
Homework 2: Read and summarize Chapter 2 from The Pattern on the Stone
Sept. 16 Karnaugh Maps (lecture)
Karnaugh Maps (lab)
Homework 3: Read and summarize Chapter 3 from The Pattern on the Stone
Sept. 23 Multiplexing and Demultiplexing (lecture)
Multiplexing and Demultiplexing (lab)
MultisimSubcircuits.ppt
Homework 4: Read and summarize Chapter 4 from The Pattern on the Stone
Sept. 30 Lecture 5: Adders
Lab 5: Adders
Homework 5: Read and summarize Chapter 5 from The Pattern on the Stone
(Lab and homework are due in two weeks since there is a test next week.)
Oct. 7 Tentative date for Test 1 covering Labs 1-4.
Oct. 14 Lecture 6: Memory, flip-flops, etc. (presentation)
Lab 6:Memory, flip-flops, etc (lab)
AdderWithRegisters.ms8

Homework 6: Read and summarize Chapter 6 from The Pattern on the Stone
Oct. 21 Shift registers, floats, etc. (presentation)
Shift registers, floats, etc. (lab)
Modem.ms8 (Electronic workbench file for demo)

Homework 7: Read and summarize Chapter 7 from The Pattern on the Stone
Oct. 28 Flip-flops and counting, etc. (presentation)
Flip-flops, CRC, etc. (lab)
Float example

Homework 8: Read and summarize Chapter 8 from The Pattern on the Stone
Nov. 4 Microcode (presentation)
RAM, ROM and microcode (lab)
ram.ms8

Homework 9: Read and summarize Chapter 9 from The Pattern on the Stone

Nov. 11 Executive on Campus Visitor
Instructions and Stacks (presentation)
Stacks, postfix, infix, etc. (lab)


(Lab is due in three weeks since there is a test next week followed by Thanksgiving.)
Nov. 18 Tentative date for Test 2 covering Labs 5-8.
Nov. 25 Thanksgiving
Dec. 2 Comparators (presentation)
Bus (presentation)
Discussion of cache
Comparators, etc. (lab)

Dec. 9 Evaluations
Using AlphaNumericTester.ms8 and HelpSign.ms8 as a model, make a sign that has at least three different letters.
Dec. 16 Final (focuses on Labs 9-12)

 

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